AGEMICS FAMILY TREE ( AFT ) MANUAL



     AFT  is  a  simple-to-use  interactive program  for  people  who  are
     researching  their origins. The system requires no great knowledge of
     either  Genealogy or Computing. This demo version allows you to enter
     10 people's statistics, and view them using the power of AFT.

     System Start
     ==============

     Before running the program make sure you have :-


     1. Read the instructions
     2. Have ready 1 blank, formatted disk.

     We suggest that you copy all the files from the SuperDisk onto
     the blank disk before you continue. Then place the copy disk in
     drive A and type PCPLUS, then select the menu option to load the 
     AFT program. If at any time you want to start from the beginning
     again with empty files, simply re-copy your Superdisk onto the
     working copy disk.


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     FOR  PEOPLE  WHO DON'T READ INSTRUCTIONS WE  SUGGEST  YOU
     FOLLOW THE NEXT SIMPLE STEPS IN INSTRUCTION JUMPING.

        1. AFTER  READING  THE  FRONT  SCREEN  ,  PRESS  RETURN  AND  USE
           THE  CURSOR  KEYS  LEFT  AND  RIGHT  TO  FAMILIARIZE  YOURSELF
           WITH THE AVAILABLE OPTIONS.
        2. GOTO   THE  INPUT/EDIT  PERSONS  ROUTINE  AND  PRESS   RETURN.
        3. TYPE THE NUMBER 1 AND PRESS RETURN.
        4. USING   THE   BACK  ARROW  KEY  DELETE  THE   WORD   "FATHER".
        5. NOW    TYPE   YOUR   FATHERS   SURNAME   AND   PRESS   RETURN.
        6. NOW DELETE THE WORD " YOUR" AND TYPE YOUR FATHERS FIRST  NAME.
        7. PRESS  ESCAPE  AND THEN RETURN, THIS WILL SAVE  YOUR  CHANGES.
        8  NOW  TYPE THE NUMBER 2 AND PRESS RETURN. ENTER  YOUR  MOTHERS
           MAIDEN  NAME  IN PLACE OF "MOTHER" AND GIVEN NAME FOR  "YOUR".
        9. PRESS ESCAPE AND THEN RETURN AGAIN SAVING THE CHANGES .
       10. NOW  TYPE  THE NUMBER 3 AND PRESS RETURN.ENTER YOUR NAMES.  IF
           YOU  ARE  A MARRIED FEMALE YOU SHOULD ENTER YOUR MAIDEN  NAME.
       11. ALSO FEMALE  USERS WILL NEED TO CHANGE THE GENDA FIELD, TO  DO
           THIS  PRESS RETURN AFTER ENTERING YOUR GIVEN NAME. THEN  USING
           THE  BACK  ARROW KEY, DELETE THE LETTER " M " . NOW  TYPE  THE
           LETTER " F " AND PRESS RETURN.
       12. PRESS ESCAPE.
       13. PRESS RETURN .
       14. PRESS ESCAPE AGAIN.
       15. GOTO  THE UTILITIES MENU AND PLACE THE HIGHLIGHT BAR OVER  THE
       16. OPTION "UPDATE INDEXES".
       17. PRESS RETURN
       18. SELECT THE TREE DISPLAY OPTION
       19. PRESS RETURN
       20. TYPE THE NUMBER 3 AND PRESS RETURN.
       21. NOW PRESS F1.




     MAIN MENU
     =========

     The  main  menu  exhibits four headings: Input/Edit,  Display,  Print
     (NOTE - this is not available on the demo version) and Utilities.

     You  can  move  the high-lighted box to any one of these  options  by
     using the Cursor keys. When you are over the option you wish to view,
     press   the  Return  key.  The  specific  program  routines  are  now
     displayed.  You  may  select these in the same way as the  main  menu
     options by using the Cursor keys and then pressing Return.

     Edit Routines
     =============

     These  are  broken  down  into  Person  Record  and  Marriage  Record
     routines.  They are similar in operation and on selecting either  you
     are  prompted  at the bottom of the screen in the Prompt Box,  (Watch
     this  Box  for further help throughout the program execution), for  a
     number  of the record you wish to view, or by pressing RETURN you may
     construct  a  new record. When you have made your selection  you  can
     move  within  the record using the cursor keys. If you wish to  enter
     data in a field, move the cursor to that field and simply type in the
     data. If data already exists, use the back arrow key to delete it and
     then  type  the  new data. Please watch the Prompt Box  for  help  in
     entering  data.  You  will  see, also, that there  are  function  key
     options available to you:-

       F1 for help      F5 Search     F9 for Notes     Esc. key to exit


     The F1 key will give you some useful tips and advice. The F5 key will
     be  displayed  when you are over the Father or Mother fields, and  if
     you  press this key you will be shown a list of the individuals  that
     are  already  in  the program. You can select, from  this  list,  the
     person  you want and his or her details will be entered automatically
     in the correct place in the form. The F9 key will take you to a notes
     page,  and  here you can enter data on an individual or  a  marriage.
     There are 255 pages of notes per record available and you may move to
     the next page by pressing the F8 key.

          YOU  ONLY NEED TO ENTER THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE AND  THE
          SEX  OF THE PERSON FOR A RECORD TO BE INCORPORATED  INTO
          THE DATABASE.

     When  you have finished filling in the form press the Esc. key.  This
     will  take  you to further prompts at the bottom of the screen  where
     you  can  select either 'FORGET EDITS', 'CONTINUE EDITING'  or  'SAVE
     EDITED DATA'

     If  you select 'SAVE EDITED DATA' you will be warned, in the  'Prompt
     Box'  at  the  bottom of the screen, that the Indexes may be  out  of
     date. See indexing in Utilities.

     Display
     =======

     The Display Routines are Tree Display and Data Display.

     Tree Display
     ============

     The  Tree display is the powerhouse of the program. From here you can
     select  any  record and by using the cursor keys and the  highlighted
     box  progress around the tree, if you wish to see the full record  of
     the individual, pressing the F2 function key will display it. Editing
     can  then  take  place in the normal way. The person's notes  can  be
     selected  in the normal way or they can be 'viewed only' by  pressing
     the F9 key. In the full version you can also view the marriage record
     of an individual in the same way.

     Data Display
     ============

     On  choosing  this routine you are prompted for  either  the Marriage
     data or Person's data displays. For the marriage routines you will be
     prompted  for  a record number of a marriage , hit return to  show  a
     list  starting  from 1. Or for the person you will be prompted for  a
     name.  The person data display will then be the computers best answer
     to  the  query. If there is no match, the display will show the  next
     alphabetical character after the your entry. e.g. If the name you are
     searching  for  is 'Bloggs' and there is no-one of that name  on  the
     file then the computer might display 'Coles' as the next .

     Note.  As  you are only allowed 10 entries on the Demo.  version  the
     data display will wrap around, showing some entries twice.

     You  may  then select a new search string or go to the  tree  display
     with the person you have selected as the central record.

     The  selected  record  may also be printed our from here  giving  all
     record details and notes. (Not available on this demo version)

     Print Options
     =============

     There are no print options available to you on this demo version, but
     if  you  press  the  F1 help key whilst over  each  option  you  will
     discover  the  characteristics of the printout available on the  full
     version.

     Utilities
     =========

     The  following utilities are available:- Index Updating = To be  done
     when prompted (see Indexing).

     Indexing
     ========

     Indexing  is  a  necessary  evil  of the program  but  it  has  great
     benefits.  It allows the interaction between fields and thereby makes
     the  job of the researcher far easier. With this program we have gone
     to great lengths to optimize the time it takes to update an index and
     so  let  the  user  get back to the job of  researching  as  fast  as
     possible.  Hence, if you see the warning 'INDEXES MAY BE OUT OF DATE'
     you  can  ignore  it  until  later,  but the  data  will  not  be  so
     interactive and some of it may not be displayed. The longer you leave
     it between indexing the worse it will get.


     File Extend
     -----------
     Will  allow  you  to  extend the number of  people  on  the  database
     (locked out on this demo version)

     Delete
     ------
     Will  delete  a  record. The search routine is available so  you  can
     choose  the record you wish to delete. N.B. Before deleting a  record
     you  should  note that other records may have been be using the  that
     record  as a pointer. We have gone to a great deal of trouble to make
     this  operation  automatic but you should look and arrange  the  data
     accordingly.


     Colours
     -------
     Allows  you to change the colours to suit your own preference  (fixed
     on this demo version)


     Order Form
     ----------
     (only on this demo version will be replaced by O/S on full version)

     O/S
     ---
     Allows you to go back to the operating system and run another program
     if you wish. To get back to AFT, type EXIT and press return.

     Exit
     ----
     Will  finish the program and close all files. You should always leave
     the  program in this way or you are very likely to lose some data and
     possibly  even  corrupt the whole program. If the Indexes are out  of
     date  the Exit routine will automatically do an Index update,  before
     finally closing the program down.